Alienware 17

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics13.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive71.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 17  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 04WT2G
Memory9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180625
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateOct 17 '19 at 02:09
Run Duration158 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$50
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
70.6% Very good
Memory 81.8
1-Core 99.6
2-Core 173
69% 118 Pts
4-Core 321
8-Core 502
51% 411 Pts
64-Core 499
31% 499 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 70.6%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 880M
Dell(1028 05AA) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.2531
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
13.4% Very poor
Lighting 14.7
Reflection 24.4
Parallax 21
12% 20 fps
MRender 15.3
Gravity 17.1
Splatting 24.4
16% 18.9 fps
Poor: 17%
This bench: 13.4%
Great: 42%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteonit DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GB
15GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DMH110B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 199 199 187 196 191 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
71.9% Very good
Read 459
Write 204
Mixed 208
SusWrite 195
59% 267 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 49.8
4K Mixed 27.3
101% 34.4 MB/s
DQ Read 271
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 172
147% 216 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 75%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58
927GB free
Firmware: AX0P2D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 107 107 108 108 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
61.5% Good
Read 107
Write 102
Mixed 33.2
SusWrite 107
64% 87.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 61.5%
Great: 62%
EAGET HDD 2TB
1.5TB free, PID 1068
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 107 135 136 136 136 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
49.3% Average
Read 145
Write 146
Mixed 19.9
SusWrite 121
139% 108 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
35% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 49.3%
Great: 49%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
55% Above average
MC Read 20.8
MC Write 20.2
MC Mixed 16.2
54% 19.1 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 18.7
SC Mixed 18.9
49% 17.2 GB/s
Latency 77.2
52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 55%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 17 Builds (Compare 1,145 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 17

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $209
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